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+// IWarFoundryFactory.cs
+//
+//  Copyright (C) 2008 IBBoard
+//
+// This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+// modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+// License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+// version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+// Lesser General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+// License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
+// Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA 
+//
+//
+
+using System;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using IBBoard.WarFoundry.API.Objects;
+
+namespace IBBoard.WarFoundry.API.Factories
+{
+	public interface IWarFoundryFactory
+	{
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Checks if the factory thinks it can handle the supplied file. Checks can be performed on file extension or some basic check of file content, or some other method.
+		/// </summary>
+		/// <param name="file">
+		/// A <see cref="FileInfo"/> for the file to check support for.
+		/// </param>
+		/// <returns>
+		/// <code>true</code> if the file appears to be supported for loading by this factory, else returns <code>false</code>
+		/// </returns>
+		bool CanHandleFileFormat(FileInfo file);	
+		
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Reads the data from the supplied file and returns it as a collection of loadable objects.
+		/// </summary>
+		/// <param name="file">
+		/// A <see cref="FileInfo"/> for the file to load data from
+		/// </param>
+		/// <returns>
+		/// A <see cref="ICollection`1"/> of <see cref="IWarFoundryObject"/>s that were loaded from the file
+		/// </returns>
+		ICollection<IWarFoundryObject> CreateObjectsFromFile(FileInfo file);
+	}
+}